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Ice piton

Accession Number

147.2008.1

Object Name

Ice piton

Created

14/10/2008

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

14/10/2008

Brief Description

Ice piton. Round hanger which is attached through hole in solid body. Wedge shaped end. Six ridges at top of one side and six at bottom of other side.

Materials

metal

Dimensions

29(l) x 5(w) x 3.5(circumference)cms.

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

On one side reads "MADE IN AUSTRIA" On other side reads "STUBAI" inside long octagon.

Colour

brown with flecks of yellow paint

Maker

Stubai

Object Production Place

Austria

Provenance

Ice pitons, or pegs, were the earliest form of protection when ice climbing and whilst we are sure that people were knocking lumps of metal into lumps of ice for centuries, the first commercially produced versions appeared in the late 1950's with the German, Salewa and Austrian, Stubai being the main producers. While giving a good safe anchor when driven in to good ice they had to be hacked back out again - a lengthy and tiring procedure. This particular one was donated by Jane O'Donovan, having belonged to her late husband, Roger.One of them would have cost you 60p in 1974.

Acquisition Date

14/10/2008

Condition Check Date

28/04/2009

Normal Location

Bohuntin

Current Location

Bohuntin

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

28/04/2009

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